IMC
Financial Services
CommoditiesVolatilityTrader
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“Commodities Volatility Trader at IMC. Skills: Commodities markets, Volatility trading, Quantitative analysis. Maximize revenue by identifying mispricing’s. Manage resulting positions”
What You'll Achieve.
Maximize revenue; Monetizing mispricing’s; Successful trading strategies
Industry & Context.
analytical
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years’ experience in Commodities markets, BS, MS, or PhD, preferably in STEM, quantitative and strategic mindset, Statistics, Python, act and make decisions in a fast-paced and competitive environment, analytical
Nice to Have
Product experience is preferred
What You'll Do.
Maximize revenue by identifying mispricing’s
Manage resulting positions
Take responsibility and ownership
Drive strategy forward
Develop market making strategies
Quantitative modelling
Algorithm development
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
highly collaborative between traders, quants, and developers; cross-functional collaboration
Communication Scope
communication abilities
Full Job Description
We're building out a trading initiative in London, with a growing focus on listed commodities options. This expansion is supported by a mix of internal talent and experienced external hires. With a collaborative and entrepreneurial culture, the team offers a unique opportunity to help shape and scale a new desk from an early stage. The group combines deep expertise with broad trading experience and values innovation, ownership, and cross-functional collaboration. As the desk continues to grow, there will be increasing opportunities to take on broader responsibilities and contribute meaningfully to its success. Your Core Responsibilities Maximize revenue by identifying and monetizing short- and long-term mispricing’s, as well as managing the resulting positions. Be able to take lots of responsibility and ownership early in your time here to drive the strategy forward. Managing risk and developing market making strategies You will have lots of responsibility and ownership early on to drive strategies forward and be successful IMC is highly collaborative between traders, quants, and developers so the scope of responsibility is fairly fluid involving a mixture of data-driven analysis, quantitative modelling and algorithm development Your skills and experience: 3+ years’ experience in Commodities markets BS, MS, or PhD, preferably in STEM You have a quantitative and strategic mindset and a healthy appetite for risk Strong technical skills in Statistics and Python You have a proven ability to act and make decisions in a fast-paced and competitive environment You are analytical, passionate about reflecting on past trades, and always seeking to do better Experience with managing risk and developing market making strategies Product experience is preferred Strong communication and teamwork abilities About Us IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial
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